The historic site Luoxingdun Island in Poyang Lake, East China's Jiangxi Province, was completely surrounded by dry lakebed on August 21, 2022. Poyang Lake, China's biggest freshwater lake, has entered its dry season, setting a record for its earliest dry season in 71 years. (Photos: Chinanews.com, compiled by Sun Aini)

Luoxingdun Island, originally located in Poyang Lake, is completely surrounded by dry lakebed.

In the waters near the Second Bridge of Poyang Lake, a large area of the lakebed is exposed.

At the Second Bridge of Poyang Lake, the dried lakebed looks like a tree.

At the Second Bridge of Poyang Lake, the dried lakebed looks like a tree.

The thousand-year-old Luoxingdun Island in Poyang Lake is completely surrounded by dry lakebed.